Menthol-Guy

Our country needs not just one

I was laughing in my most boisterous when those doctors were trying to revive Superman. They’ve used needles but it bent, defibrillators but it exploded. It was an ironic situation - imagine the Superman lying at a hospital bed, weak and powerless. Don’t they have anti-kryptonite oral supplements? Tablets, perhaps?

And then I thought of how much gel the production spent for Superman. The curl itself seemed petrified with all the pomade and the gel. It’s probably a thousand dollars and yet it wasn’t even waterproof (remember the scene where Superman was stabbed with a sharpened raw kryptonite: his entire body was wet and his bangs were a complete failure). Really, it goes to show that even the Superman also gets his own spoonful of a bad hair day.

While watching, my nephew asked why Superman wasn’t visiting the Philippines, or rather, why was The Philippines not included in the film (he meant why Superman wasn’t doing his heroic deeds here in our country). Well, for one, he’d probably lose all his powers flying here and there saving every villager from those MILF rebels or capture every corrupt politician or even prevent rape from happening. It’s virtually impossible and even with superhuman powers, he can’t just augment the madness that’s going on here. And besides, I told him, I don’t have his cellphone number or his e-mail add. Why bother?

_{I never thought it was shown two years ago. I thought it was one of the latest. Darn it.}

I was able to watch Superman Returns last Saturday, 9 PM (Manila time) on HBO, and that’s after sacrificing my cravings to play DoTA with the entire teenage population of the subdivision. It was a crucial moment for me, really. My friends felt ignored just because of some popular movie.

My Dad knew me very well in terms of my preferences with movies and he was intently wondering on why I got myself watching a comic-based movie (no derogatory intentions). Okay, I liked the Spiderman series but that’s just that. I enjoyed it as leisurely as how a typical audience would react without any bias or fanaticism over Spiderman. That being said, I also liked Superman Returns (without even watching the prequel, dammit). Yes, the superhero concept was far from the natural and the reality but eventually, as you dig the movie deeper, you’ll get to see that even this concept has its own flaw/s. Superman’s weakness had to be kryptonite.

So no matter how powerful, how immortal a superhero can be, they still have their soft spots.

Wait, what am I talking about again?

I suddenly hated Lex Luthor all the more. He was the greediest antagonist I have ever seen, far more greedy than that of Dr. Octavius (if I am not mistaken) of Spiderman. Even far more greedy than Emperor Gross of Blue Blink. LOL.

But I once watched Smallville when I was young. I did. *sings somebody saaaaaaave me*